Recent Additions

This is a collection of my more recent photo additions to various galleries. Because these are linked to the gallery they came from, you may find some of the titles and/or the descriptions a little confusing. Sorry for any confusion/inconvenience in that regard.

On a whim, my mother and I started driving up Fall River Road one morning. Not long after we'd started, a ranger informed us that they had closed the road's entrance behind us because of concern about snow and ice near the pass. What a pleasant drive! We could take our time and had the whole valley to ourselves! The snow was melted off the road by the time we got to the summit.

This image is from the bottom of Fall River Road before it reaches the Enodvalley picnic area. I had a nice visit with plenair artist Gene Youngmann ( http://www.youngmannwatercolors.com) while there. He had been fighting the mist and rain all morning. Thankfully my camera gear is weather resistant :-) .

This calf was comfortably bedded down while an adult bull elk (the main focus of my photo stop) and various cows milled about in a wooded area. Because of the woods, my photos of the adults weren't very impressive. However, this image made the whole stop worthwhile.

This is my favorite shot of Sky Pond because of the colored foliage and interesting jagged rock formation composed relative to the lake. Again, the harsh midday lighting wasn't all that conducive to impressive photography, but I made do with the light I had. Like the previous shot, this was taken using a fisheye superwide angle lens.

I spotted this bull elk one afternoon along the lower reaches of Trail Ridge Road. Naturally, I pulled over to take pictures, leading to the inevitable jam-up of traffic, everybody wanting to get a good view and photo. I was getting frustrated with this elk because he kept eating grass and wouldn't look up for a good "pose". Then...among the "herd" of cars a car alarm went off, "honk, honk, honk,...". That made quite a disruption to the peace, but was a perfect way to get a striking pose out of this otherwise stubborn elk!

I was watching these birds from a good distance away (parked alongside the road) when all of a sudden they all seemed to panic. Initially I thought I may have somehow spooked them, but soon realized there was an eagle flying overhead that surely was the culprit. I was able to get a picture of the eagle, but it was quite far away and not worthy of posting here.